Article By: Amy "Shorty" Hauf
Photos By: Jon Fisher & Jojo Pangilinan
With a mixture of cool vehicles, smooth sounds, and hot models, The TunerFest definitely rocked
the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City on November 13th. The show brought
out great sponsors, including Black Magic, KN Filters, Lucas Oil, S3 Magazine, Auto Meter and
EVO-R.NET; these supporters certainly helped keep the event lively, and provided attendees
with useful information about their products. Certainly no show is complete without several hot
vehicles, and with some of the most impressive vehicles from all over the U.S., The TunerFest did
not disappoint! Vehicles were on hand from several states including Florida, Nevada, Maryland,
Texas, Missouri, Kansas, California and more. There was defiantly a wide range of vehicles at
The Tunerfest, from the rare skyline to a Sylvia, a mean V-8 powered Ford Focus, and even a
Ford GT 40. The cars from Oklahoma were also definitely showing in style with rides like Eric
Strickland’s nationally known Blaupunkt “Best in Class” WRX. Certainly nobody will forget the
dominance that the Best Crew winners Sweet Temptations demonstrated, rolling in with over 25
vehicles, headed by Big Toes 2001 F150 Best Full-Size Ford.
The entertainment was provided by the Kicker Living Loud tour and the beyondbeats.com DJ
battle. The Kicker stage was also the place to be if you wanted freebies from The TunerFest
sponsors thrown out by hot babes. For over an hour The TunerFest staff and models threw
products into the crowd. For the real crowd-pleasing main event, the Kicker stage was lit up by
a hot bikini contest and drenched by a wet t-shirt contest, where contestants and The TunerFest
models really gave the crowd something to cheer about. Between the two contests, The
TunerFest gave out over $1,500 dollars in prize money.
Speaking of models, there were a great number of them to in attendance at the show.
XposedVision.com had a display that hosted The TunerFest Model Search, which included
several beautiful models, DJ entertainment, and a nice backdrop display for contestants to know
how and what it takes to become a model. Black Magic hosted a large table of models including
Kara Lenae, Eva Choi, Myya, Annla Divine, Leigh Nguyen, Tai and several others, who signed
autographs and took pictures with the big Black Magic trailer in the background and their red hot
350z on display.
For the race fans in attendance, there were definitely some fast cars on hand. Lucas Oil showed
up big time with their 2004 NOPI champion driver Paul Efantis, and their big Lucas Oil tractortrailer.
They were there to give attendees a close-up view of their Toyota Solara and the world’s
fastest Toyota Supra drag cars, along with several of their amazing industry-leading products.
Another addition to their display was the Lucas Oil custom-built 236 mile an hour chopper.
Intercrew Auto Salon of Dallas, Texas was also there, showing off their 160 mile an hour Honda
Del Sol drag car, along with their national Nissan 240sx drift car.
If you missed this year’s phenomenal show, be sure to stay tuned for details about next year’s
even more action-packed show. Excitement is already growing as plans are under way for The
TunerFest 2005 . . . it will be a show you will not want to miss!